Rabbi Negasi of Hawzen

Rabbi Negasi of Hawzen (1041-) was the Marshal of Axum from 1084.

Biography
Rabbi Negasi of Hawzen was born in 1041 to a lowborn family of Jewish Ethiopians, and he was appointed by King Dawit II of Axum as the tutor of his daughter Pernilla Gideon. He was appointed as marshal in 1084 when Count Sheshet of Akordat rebelled, and under his leadership, the armies of Axum put down the rebellion.